Anthropic’s AI citation scandal in court filing

Thursday, May 15, 2025, 5:20 pm

In a controversial legal twist, Anthropic’s legal team has been forced to apologize after its AI tool, Claude, hallucinated a legal citation in a copyright lawsuit. The firm's subsequent filing exacerbated the debacle, drawing attention to the potential pitfalls of relying on AI for critical legal documentation.

winbuzzer.com / Anthropic’s Lawyers Apologize After its Claude AI Hallucinates Legal Citation in Copyright Lawsuit

Anthropic has formally apologized after its Claude AI model fabricated a legal citation used by its lawyers in a copyright lawsuit, highlighting ongoing AI reliability issues in professional settings and the critical need for human oversight. The post Anthropic’s Lawyers Apologize After its Claude…

theregister.com / Anthropic’s law firm throws Claude under the bus over citation errors in court filing

AI footnote fail triggers legal palmface in music copyright spat An attorney defending AI firm Anthropic in a copyright case brought by music publishers apologized to the court on Thursday for citation errors that slipped into a filing after using the biz's own AI tool, Claude, to format…

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